|
|
UTU, Amtrak contract talks continue
(Preview)
UTU, Amtrak contract talks continueThe UTU and Amtrak continue negotiations to amend the current agreement, which became open for amendment Jan. 1 under provisions of the Railway Labor Act. Some 2,300 Amtrak conductors and assistant conductors are affected. Contracts negotiated under the Ra...
|
Troll
|
0
|
418
|
|
|
|
|
|
Rail advocates say passenger rail could generate 8,000 Ohio jobs
(Preview)
Rail advocates say passenger rail could generate 8,000 Ohio jobs (The following story by Jim DeBrosse appeared on the Dayton Daily News website on July 13, 2010.) DAYTON, Ohio Job creation has become a key argument for rail advocates, including Ohio Secretary of Transportation Jolene Molitoris,...
|
Troll
|
1
|
324
|
|
|
|
|
|
New Haven line shut down...
(Preview)
Thousands Stranded as New Haven Line Shuts Down Marcus Yam/The New York Times An Metro-North train conductor explaining the alternative route for passengers headed towards New Haven at Grand Central Terminal on Saturday. By M. AMEDEO TUMOLILLO and COLIN MOYNIHAN Published: July 10, 2010 Trains...
|
Uke
|
0
|
546
|
|
|
|
|
|
Female railroader writes of experiences
(Preview)
Female railroader writes of experiencesThere are borders to our livesborders of routine, social expectation, gender, race and class. Some never stray near those boundaries, some dance on the edge and a few dare to cross, according to a book review in the magazine Working in These Times. Railroad N...
|
Troll
|
5
|
529
|
|
|
|
|
|
Wisconsin & Southern short line turns 30
(Preview)
Wisconsin & Southern short line turns 30 (The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on July 8, 2010.) On July 1, the Wisconsin & Southern Railroad Co. (WSOR) marked its 30th anniversary. The regional initially began operations on 147 miles of former Milwaukee Road tr...
|
Troll
|
0
|
320
|
|
|
|
|
|
NJ Transit apologizes for weather-related delays
(Preview)
NJ Transit apologizes for weather-related delaysNJ Transit today (July 7) apologized for weather-related delays and equipment failures Tuesday night that left commuters stranded in train cars that felt like saunas, the Newark Star Ledger reports. In a statement on its website, the company sai...
|
Troll
|
0
|
351
|
|
|
|
|
|
CSX, NS eye deal to serve Charleston
(Preview)
CSX, NS eye deal to serve CharlestonThe long-running commercial rail saga in North Charleston, S.C., has taken another turn, and a resolution could finally be in sight, the South Carolina Business News reports. The Business Journal has learned that the city has drafted a memorandum of understand...
|
Troll
|
0
|
417
|
|
|
|
|
|
AAR interactive'map,' and stats stete-by-state
(Preview)
AAR debuts interactive rail map Tuesday, July 06, 2010 The Association of American Railroads has added to its website an interactive map that allows any user to take a snap-shot of information about railroads in a given location. AAR says the map is active for all states (including Hawaii, which has...
|
Uke
|
0
|
447
|
|
|
|
|
|
Heat slows down train travel in rail-reliant East
(Preview)
Heat slows down train travel in rail-reliant East (The Associated Press circulated the following on July 6, 2010.) NEWARK, N.J. Extreme heat is keeping trains from running on time on heavily traveled lines in the Northeast. Temperatures soared above 100 degrees across the region Tuesday. Such ho...
|
Troll
|
7
|
420
|
|
|
|
|
|
Keolis Rail said tainted by Nazi past
(Preview)
Keolis Rail said tainted by Nazi pastSome Holocaust survivors are criticizing Virginia Railway Express for awarding an $85 million contract to operate and maintain its trains to a company partly owned by the French railway that transported people to Nazi concentration camps, reports The Washin...
|
Troll
|
0
|
831
|
|
|
|
|
|
FRA seeks researcher for train crew trauma study, orders 10 states to develop crossing safety plans
(Preview)
FRA seeks researcher for train crew trauma study, orders 10 states to develop crossing safety plans (The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on July 6, 2010.) Last week, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) issued an invitation to qualified researchers to apply for $...
|
Troll
|
0
|
317
|
|
|
|
|
|
Railcar surplus burns away
(Preview)
Railcar surplus burns away (The following story by John D. Boyd appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on July 5, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. A large part of North Americas railcar surplus is literally melting away. Enticed by rising scrap metal prices, equipment lessors, railroads and shippers...
|
Troll
|
0
|
467
|
|
|
|
|
|
Railroad cases mount at STB
(Preview)
Railroad cases mount at STB (The following story by John D. Boyd appeared on the The Journal of Commerce website on July 5, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. Shipper complaint cases against railroads are piling up at the Surface Transportation Board, despite the latters efforts to head them off through medi...
|
Troll
|
0
|
346
|
|
|
|
|
|
Keolis, UTU in negotiations on VRE
(Preview)
Keolis, UTU in negotiations on VREFrench-owned Keolis Rail Services has agreed to recognize the United Transportation Union as the collective bargaining agent for some 30 conductors and assistant conductors who will operate Virginia Railway Express (VRE) commuter trains later this summer. ...
|
Troll
|
0
|
516
|
|
|
|
|
|
City of Sioux Falls to lose 100 rail jobs due to DM&E merger
(Preview)
City of Sioux Falls to lose 100 rail jobs due to DM&E merger (The following story by Peter Harriman appeared on the Argus Leader website on July 2, 2010.) SIOUX FALLS, S.D. Sioux Falls, which was the headquarters of the largest regional railroad in the country only three years ago, will lose almos...
|
Troll
|
1
|
470
|
|
|
|
|
|
Judge throws out challenge to Metrolink cameras that monitor engineers
(Preview)
Judge throws out challenge to Metrolink cameras that monitor engineers (The following story by Rich Connell appeared on the Los Angeles Times website on June 30, 2010.) LOS ANGELES Metrolinks use of video surveillance cameras in the control cabs of its passenger trains has survived a federal cour...
|
Troll
|
0
|
343
|
|
|
|
|
|
CP Rail losses...due to 'flood'?
(Preview)
Flooding erodes CP second-quarter earnings Wednesday, June 30, 2010 What Canadian Pacific says was a one in 100-year rainfall event (one in 500-year event in some locations) is expected to reduce the railroads earnings per share by 10 to 13 Canadian cents in the second quarter, although CP says a...
|
Uke
|
0
|
352
|
|
|
|
|
|
Louisiana police ticket KCS conductor
(Preview)
Louisiana police ticket KCS conductor (The following story by Vickie Welborn appeared on the Shreveport Times website on June 29, 2010.) MANSFIELD, La. Mansfield police today issued a ticket to Kansas City Southern for blocking the citys main railroad crossing for an extended period. The KCS tra...
|
Troll
|
4
|
1461
|
|
|
|
|
|
Speeding train in Spain kills 12
(Preview)
Speeding train in Spain kills 12CASTELLDEFELS, Spain A train speeding through a seaside rail station plowed into a group of youths taking a shortcut across the tracks to get to a beach party, killing at least 12, injuring 14 and turning a festive night meant to welcome the start of summer into one of ca...
|
Troll
|
10
|
479
|
|
|
|
|
|
BMWED’s Rick Inclima appointed to new U.S. DOT safety committee
(Preview)
BMWEDs Rick Inclima appointed to new U.S. DOT safety committee (The International Brotherhood of Teamsters issued the following on June 29, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has announced the appointment of Rick Inclima, Director of Safety for the Brotherhood of Mai...
|
Troll
|
0
|
448
|
|
|
|
|
|
Now this I like!
(Preview)
Analysts: Merger potential propels KCS stock Friday, June 25, 2010 The Gerson Lehman Group says Kansas City Southern, a relatively small Class I, has enjoyed the PE ratio of a high growth company seemingly because of its merger potential with the major carriers, but it is hard to guess which one wou...
|
Uke
|
13
|
621
|
|
|
|
|
|
CAW and VIA reach 'tentative' labor agreement...
(Preview)
1 of 1Full Size TORONTO (Reuters) - The Canadian Auto Workers union said it has reached a new three-year tentative agreement with VIA Rail, after a difficult and challenging round of negotiations. The agreement between the union and the government-owned railway that carries about 11,000 passeng...
|
Uke
|
0
|
370
|
|
|
|
|
|
Kansas City Southern names Starling CEO, replacing Haverty
(Preview)
Kansas City Southern names Starling CEO, replacing Haverty (The Associated Press circulated the following on June 28, 2010.) KANSAS CITY, MO. Kansas City Southern said Monday that David Starling, the railroad operator's president and chief operating officer, will be promoted to CEO under a pla...
|
Troll
|
0
|
443
|
|
|
|
|
|
Factoids concerning our outfits...
(Preview)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Class_I_railroads_in_North_America
|
Uke
|
1
|
443
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amtrak engineers take train controls for Metrolink
(Preview)
Amtrak engineers take train controls for Metrolink (The Associated Press circulated the following on June 28, 2010. Tim Smith is Chairman of the BLET's California State Legislative Board.) LOS ANGELES Amtrak conductors were at the controls of Southern California's Metrolink commuter trains S...
|
Troll
|
0
|
442
|
|
|
